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Re: They Were Reds: A Tribute

It's funny how we can malign marginal players while every one of them has managed to do something the rest of us weren't good enough to do, and that's actually play in the Major Leagues. That really shows how much of a talent gap there is between anyone on a MLB roster and the rest of the population.

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Re: They Were Reds: A Tribute

Anyone mention Dennis Rasmussen? I remember attending a game with my mother in either '87 or '88 that he pitched. They had the pitching matchup on the scoreboard and he was coming into the game with something like a 9 era. My mom said she didn't like our chances of seeing a win and I'll be darned if he didn't pitch a shutout.

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Re: They Were Reds: A Tribute

With respect to Donnie Sadler - In 2000, he was a member of the Red Sox when his teammate Troy O'Leary mysteriously went on the disabled list with the injury of "divorce." The prevailing rumor was that the divorce was spawned by his wife Annette's affair with teammate Sadler. Epilogue - what is confirmed is that Annette O'Leary would be fired from her job as at an elementary school in 2009 for moonlighting as a call girl.

25-year-old Cody Ross was given up by the Reds for basically nothing at a time when he would have been plenty useful to the Reds. Heck, he'd still be a better option in left field than what we've run out there this year. The following year, in more than 200 major league plate appearances, he put up a slash line of .335/.411/.653, and has since has had a very respectable career as a decent 3rd outfielder and outstanding 4th outfielder.

This transaction will not be listed on Wayne Krivsky's curriculum vitae.

". . . acquiring J. Blanton from Oakland for, apparently, Bailey/Cueto, Votto and a lesser prospect. I do it in a second . . . The Reds' equation this year is simple: Make Matt Belisle your #3 starter . . . trade for Blanton, win 85 or more, be in the mix all summer." - Paul Daugherty, Feb. 8, 2008

Re: They Were Reds: A Tribute

Originally Posted by cincinnati chili

25-year-old Cody Ross was given up by the Reds for basically nothing at a time when he would have been plenty useful to the Reds. Heck, he'd still be a better option in left field than what we've run out there this year. The following year, in more than 200 major league plate appearances, he put up a slash line of .335/.411/.653, and has since has had a very respectable career as a decent 3rd outfielder and outstanding 4th outfielder.

This transaction will not be listed on Wayne Krivsky's curriculum vitae.

Plus we had room for a 4th outfielder at the time when Ross was dealt behind Dunn, Kearns, and Griffey, only Krivsky decided to keep another guy over Ross. That guy?

35 year old Quinton McCracken

"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."

Re: They Were Reds: A Tribute

Originally Posted by OldRightHander

It's funny how we can malign marginal players while every one of them has managed to do something the rest of us weren't good enough to do, and that's actually play in the Major Leagues. That really shows how much of a talent gap there is between anyone on a MLB roster and the rest of the population.

Re: They Were Reds: A Tribute

Originally Posted by OldRightHander

Anyone mention Dennis Rasmussen? I remember attending a game with my mother in either '87 or '88 that he pitched. They had the pitching matchup on the scoreboard and he was coming into the game with something like a 9 era. My mom said she didn't like our chances of seeing a win and I'll be darned if he didn't pitch a shutout.

Re: They Were Reds: A Tribute

Originally Posted by OldRightHander

Anyone mention Dennis Rasmussen? I remember attending a game with my mother in either '87 or '88 that he pitched. They had the pitching matchup on the scoreboard and he was coming into the game with something like a 9 era. My mom said she didn't like our chances of seeing a win and I'll be darned if he didn't pitch a shutout.

Reds got Rasmussen in a bizarre deadline deal.

Reds needed starting pitching, so Bill Bergesch worked out a trade of reliever Ted Power for Rasmussen. Turns out Ted Power was Marge's favorite Red, so she demanded that they trade one of their better starting pitchers, Bill Gullickson for Rasmussen instead.

Re: They Were Reds: A Tribute

Mo Sanford - I was a little kid when he came up and I just thought he was going to be incredible.

Marc Kroon - same as above.

Ron Robinson - he started the first game I ever saw in Riverfront. I think I was 6. Lo and behold, we happened to be sitting right next to his brother, who looked exactly like him. He was very nice. Had a 1985 Topps card of Ron's on his person that was autographed and he gave it to me - still have it to this day.

Re: They Were Reds: A Tribute

I think that when we watch a movie we suspend some disbelief and allow ourselves to believe the world we are seeing on the screen. With all due respect to those who talk about how easy it is for us to malign marginal players, it comes back to the acceptance that they are head and shoulders more talented than most of us, so that becomes the basis of our critique. Its accepted even if not always respected.

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Re: They Were Reds: A Tribute

Originally Posted by OldRightHander

It's funny how we can malign marginal players while every one of them has managed to do something the rest of us weren't good enough to do, and that's actually play in the Major Leagues. That really shows how much of a talent gap there is between anyone on a MLB roster and the rest of the population.

I don't think we're maligning the players so much as the decision makers who brought them onto the roster.

That said, I find it more interesting that there are SO many marginal players, and the gap between them and players who carve out decent careers has to be incredibly small. I wonder what it is that elevates one player just that tiny little bit over another.

The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. -- Terrance Mann (Field of Dreams)

Re: They Were Reds: A Tribute

Originally Posted by TheBigLebowski

Ron Robinson - he started the first game I ever saw in Riverfront. I think I was 6. Lo and behold, we happened to be sitting right next to his brother, who looked exactly like him. He was very nice. Had a 1985 Topps card of Ron's on his person that was autographed and he gave it to me - still have it to this day.
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